“Congratulations, Miss Miller. Today is your release day.” The words cut through the dim cell, sharp and sudden, like sunlight slicing through iron bars. Jade jerked upright on the narrow bed, the thin mattress creaking beneath her. Her pulse slammed so hard it echoed in her ears. “Today?” Her voice cracked. She pushed herself up on her elbows, eyes darting to the calendar scratched into the wall. “You mean… now?” “Yes. Pack up.” The guard’s tone was flat, clipped, final. Fear clenched her chest—icy, suffocating—but then hope hit, hot and wild, a tidal wave smashing through every frozen corner of her heart. Freedom. The word burned on her tongue—sweet, electric, alive. Her lashes fluttered as tears pricked her eyes. She swallowed hard, forcing a trembling smile. Trembling. Disbelieving. Terrifyingly real. “Good… morning,” she whispered, barely audible, afraid to shatter the fragile bubble of possibility. Her cellmate, lean and wiry, with chestnut waves brushing her shou
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